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  • Jupiter Kissing Ganymede
    This fresco depicts the Roman god Jupiter kissing his mortal lover Ganymede. Painted as an imitation of an ancient Roman fresco, it was created to fool archeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, due to his enthusiasm for homosexual love and themes.